Pandora's Boy is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the sixth[1] in her Flavia Albia series. It was published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK on 5 April 2018, (ISBN 9781473658745) and in the United States in 2018 by St. Martin's Press.[2][3]
The tale involves the death of a young girl and during her investigation Albia "has to contend with the occult, organised crime, an unusual fertility symbol, and celebrity dining"; the Pandora of the title is a local witch.[3] The story begins in October AD 89 and is set in Rome, on the Quirinal Hill.[4]: 1
The first edition cover of the UK hardback shows a cracked blue glass bird credited as "vessel shaped like bird" from the Corning Museum of Glass.[4]: dust jacket